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Photo: Activists rally in front of a Detroit Whole Foods in support of Amazon workers’ unionization efforts in Alabama. Liberation photo: Jason Tschantre
Activists in Detroit rallied in front of the Whole Foods store in Midtown on March 6 in support of Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala. Those workers are currently voting on whether to form the first Amazon workers’ union in the United States.
Protesters formed a picket line at the store’s main entrance, blocking the entry of dozens of cars to the Whole Foods parking lot and facing down a half dozen police squad cars.
In addition to their support for the Alabama Amazon workers, the protesters called attention to unsafe working conditions inside Detroit Whole Foods. In late February, 24 workers contracted COVID-19.
Black activists: Don’t compare the Capitol attack to Black Lives Matters protests
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
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Fear and rage is prevalent in America.
For much of the last year, Black Lives Matter activists marched through downtown streets across Michigan and the country to protest police brutality and racial injustice. Though largely peaceful, the protests turned violent at times when demonstrators destroyed property and clashed with police and counter-protesters.
Later in the year, crowds of mostly-white protesters swarmed vote-counting centers and government offices to contest the results of the 2020 presidential election. Fury over election lies culminated in a domestic terror attack as a violent mob broke into the U.S. Capitol to prevent the election from being confirmed on Jan. 6.